Case Study

Johnny B. is a 15-year-old high school student who comes to the office complaining of an earache that has persisted for the last 3 days. His mother says Johnny's forehead felt hot at home, but she did not have a thermometer to check his temperature. He has a decreased appetite and a runny nose with clear to yellow drainage. He has been sneezing but not coughing. Some of his classmates are sick with similar symptoms.

Johnny is healthy. He has never had surgery, and he does not smoke.

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It seems like you hear it all the time from nearly every one you know I'm SO stressed out!? Pressures abound in this world today. Those pressures cause stress and anxiety, and often we are ill-equipped to deal with those stressors that trigger anxiety and other feelings that can make us sick. Literally, sick.